Dirty Works Bye Bye Dark Circles is an essential element of my make up bag, being an insomniac and a busy mom of 2 sleep is probably low down on the priority list so this is ideal for concealing those horrible dark bags after a particularly bad night. This was from Salisbury's at around £4.00

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H & M All This 4 Your Beauty Eye Shadow Palette & Accessorize Eye Wardrobe Eye Shadow Palette.I rarely buy single shadows I find a palette is perfect for me as I tend to put on a colour that matches my mood for that day and prefer to have all my colours layed out rather than have to rummage in the depths of my case. The H & M palette was bought from their site for £4.00 and the Accessorize Palette was bought from eBay £6.00 including P&P.

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Vital Radiance Brow Fill-In powder-06 Dark Brown is a relatively new item to my stash I paid £2.65 for this item from eBay. I normally use a Rimmel Dark Brown eyebrow pencil but its seen better days but I just cant bare to throw it away so i generally alternate between the two.

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.I am lucky to have relatively good skin and don't seem to be sensitive to anything so CCUK Lots of Lashes mascara-1 Black is perfect for me as it is cheap and seems a quality mascara for the money. I paid £1.75 for this from eBay.

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Now my one bug bear is the prices of foundation, for me it is vital to have a good base to start with and like everything else in the UK prices are being hiked to ridiculous amounts. BUT I found a solution to this, I searched and searched to find the best competitive price and think I fell onto a winner. I now buy the American version of Maybelline Mineral Powder Natural Perfecting Foundation-Pure Beige. It comes in a plastic bottle not glass like the UK version but holds the same amount and quality of foundation as our high streets sell today. I am loath to pay for expensive packaging if I can get it cheaper else where and when its empty whether its glass or plastic its going in the bin anyway. Depending where I go I can pay up to £10 for a 30ml UK version but I have found one that is the same 30ml for £5.99 including free P&P from eBay. It may only seem like a small saving to some but it makes all the difference to me.

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Nothing I like more than to have a nice bronze glow to my face so Maybelline Mineral powder Bronzing Powder Duo-Bronze Gleam is perfect for this. I paid £2.99 for this from eBay.

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I know my Calvin Klein Subliminal Purity Mineral based Loose Powder-Flesh is a designer brand but I'm not rich enough unfortunately to pay designer prices so this was bought at a discount store for £6.00